Projects

Projects & Funding

Our lab leads and collaborates on cutting-edge national and international projects, with strong industry partnerships and support from government funding agencies. These projects focus on biorefineries, biofuels, waste-to-wealth, and nutraceutical development.

Ongoing Projects

Sl. No Title of the Project Duration Project Category Participating Agencies Your Role as defined Budget (₹ In Lakhs)
1 Fermentation production of ε-polylysine utilizing the by-product of biodisel 2010-2012 CSIR-EMPOWER Project Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Principal Investigator 20
2 Biofuel from marine microalgae 2010-2013 NMITLI Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Team member 301.88
3 Process scale-up for Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHAs) production utilizing the biodiesel 2013-2016 In-house Project Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Principal Investigator 14
4 To develop commercially viable process for recovery of K value from mineralogical resources through chemical/bio-chemical/electro-chemical means (K-TEN) 2012-2017 Networking Project Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Team member 200
5 High-purity salt and recovery of valuable metal ions from marine resources 2015-2017 Network Project Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Team member 204
6 Integrated process development for maximizing production of bio-pigments and residual biomass as an energy feed stock from algae and its life cycle 2015-2017 Indo-Brazil Bilateral Scheme Department of Science & Technology Co- Principal Investigator 36.07
7 Assessment (LCA) characterized pigments obtained from microbes 2016-2019 In-house Project Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Co- Principal Investigator 15.0
8 Generation of energy from microalgal feedstock through CO2 capture from flue gases in collaboration with Adani Power Limited, India. 2018-2020 Fast Track Transitional Project Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Co- Principal Investigator 206
9 Cost-effective, sustainable process for microalgal based γ-linolenic acid production from micrlalgae through Biorefinery approach 2020-2022 Fast Track Transitional Project Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Principal Investigator 53
10 Validation of PoC & Pilot plant trials for Biomass to PHA 2022-2023 Collaborative Industrial Sponsored Project JOIL Singapore pte Pvt. Ltd. Principal Investigator 5
11 Waste to wealth-Process for Xylitol production from Cotton Stalk 2024-2026 Collaborative Industrial Project Industrial Partners with Chem Process Principal Investigator 20
12 Integrated pilot scale production of pigments, sophorolipids, and β- glucan sabji-mandi waste through Yeast mediated fermentation: A Waste to wealth scheme with a SINGLE PROCESS MULTI-PRODUCT BIOREFINERY MODEL [Yeast Waste] 2023-2026 Waste to Wealth Mission Mode Project WP 16 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Principal Investigator 52
13 Microalgal Biomass Production at a scale of 200 kg per day at Sambhar, Rajasthan, Hindusthan Salts Limited, Khadaghoda, Gujrat for its commercialization as vegan protein 2023-2025 Collaborative Industrial Project Hindustan Salts Pvt. Ltd. Principal Investigator 20
14 Upstream & Downstream Process development for microbial synthesis of Xylitol and bioplastics (Polylactic acid) utilizing cellulose and hemicellulose from lignocellulosic biomass as substrate 2024-2026 Collaborative Industrial Project Chemprocess Systems Pvt. Ltd. Principal Investigator 20
15 Process development for bioremediation of industrial wastewater from steel industry using microalgae and its effective utilization of microalgal biomass Production at a scale of 50 kg biomass production at Jindal Steel Power Plant, Angul, Odisha 2024-2025 Collaborative Industrial Project Sureness Innovation Minds Pvt. Ltd. Principal Investigator 12
16 Algae-based flue gas CO2 sequestration with co-production of high-value bio-chemicals 2023-2026 CSIR-CCUS Mission Mode Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Co- Principal Investigator 81.56

Completed Projects (Highlights)

  • Fermentative production of ε-polylysine from biodiesel by-products (CSIR-EMPOWER).
  • Biofuel production from marine microalgae (CSIR-NMITLI-MoES).
  • CO₂ capture and energy generation from microalgae in collaboration with Adani Power Ltd.
  • Indo-Brazil collaboration on bio-pigments & biomass valorization.

Funding & Collaborations

Academic Collaborators

  • CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun.
  • International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi.
  • CSIR-National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum.
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
  • Osmania University, Hyderabad.
  • Chhattisgarh Biofuel Development Authority, Raipur.
  • ITM University, Vadodara.
  • Gujarat Biotechnology University, Ahmedabad.
  • Charusat University

International Collaborators

  • Sapienza University.
  • National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
  • CENTIV, Germany.

Industrial Collaborators

  • Chemprocess Systems Pvt. Ltd.
  • Sureness Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
  • IIoT Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
  • Intrinsic Foundries Pvt. Ltd.
  • Algaenergy
  • JMR AquaRenew Technologies
  • Hindustan Salts Pvt. Ltd.
  • Mineral Nutrients Pvt. Ltd.
  • JOIL Singapore pte Pvt. Ltd.
  • Adani Power Ltd.
  • Tata Chemicals

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